The grants to enhance culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20124

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $475,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to Mujeres Unidas En Justicia Educacion Y Reforma, Inc. (M.U.J.E.R.), a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization in Florida. The grant supports M.U.J.E.R.'s project to provide culturally and linguistically specific services to Hispanic victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Key services include advocacy and case management, legal support and accompaniment, multilingual therapy and support groups, listening groups ("charlas"), and holistic healing activities like yoga and mindfulness. The three-year project period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

This program supports the maintenance and replication of existing successful community-based programs providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as the development of innovative culturally specific strategies to enhance access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using more traditional programs. Culturally specific services means community-based services that include culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities which are statutorily defined as american indians (including alaska natives, eskimos, and aleuts); asian americans; native hawaiians and other pacific islanders; blacks; and hispanics. Projects must address at least one of the programs statutory purpose areas. Through this new culturally specific services program project, mujeres unidas EN justicia educacion y reforma (M.U.J.E.R.), INC. Will implement a project addressing the following purpose area: purpose area 4 enhancing traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally specific programs offering services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking for hispanic victims and survivors in miami dade county, florida. The project will address priority area 2: strengthening efforts to prevent and end sexual assault. Specific activities will include: 1) advocacy and case management; 2) legal support and accompaniment; 3) multilingual therapy and support groups; 4) charlas (listening groups); and 5) holistic healing activities like yoga and mindfulness.